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- Dictionarysubjugate/ˈsʌbdʒʊɡeɪt/
verb
- 1. bring under domination or control, especially by conquest: "the invaders had soon subjugated most of the population"
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to treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs: She subjugated her self to her mother's needs. Reporters must subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to balance.
1. : to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer. 2. : to make submissive : subdue. subjugation. ˌsəb-ji-ˈgā-shən. noun. subjugator. ˈsəb-ji-ˌgā-tər. noun. Did you know? Since jugus means "yoke" in Latin, subjugate means literally "bring under the yoke". Farmers control oxen by means of a heavy wooden yoke over their shoulders.
To subjugate is to repress someone, or to make them subservient to you. In subjugate you see the word subject . In this word, it's not talking about the subject of a sentence, rather it's talking about the kind of subjects that Kings have serving them.
to treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs: She subjugated her self to her mother's needs. Reporters must subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to balance.
Subjugate definition: to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.. See examples of SUBJUGATE used in a sentence.
1. verb. If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. [formal] People in the region are fiercely independent and resist all attempts to subjugate them. [VERB noun] subjugation (sʌbdʒʊgeɪʃən ) uncountable noun.
1. To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer. 2. To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else: "The urgency of the mating season is subjugated, for the moment, to the demands of self-preservation" (David M. Carroll).
